Estrées-Saint-Denis () is a

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in the

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...

department in northern

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Estrées-Saint-Denis station Estrées-Saint-Denis is a railway station in the commune of Estrées-Saint-Denis, Oise department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains (Amiens - Compiègne line). History Estrées-Saint-Denis was previously a local railway ...

has rail connections to Amiens and Compiègne. It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name ''Estrées''. The etymology of the name is from ''strata'' ( cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence ''Estreti'', ''"village on the road"'' which developed into ''"Estrées"''.

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